Fetterman's growing on me

[LuFins Dad]

@Mik said in Fetterman's growing on me:

He's not going to be very popular in the party.

Meh… I’m cynical. I think the Powers That Be in the Democrat Party realize they have overextended themselves and are preparing for a shift to the center. Having Fetterman take the lead also helps them try to resecure the rust belt cities…

[Mik]

Possibly. But I have a sneaking suspicion that the [prevailing belief in Washington is that we will need these people to keep the economy growing and our social programs in place. That would explain why we've done essentially nothing about it for decades.

[LuFins Dad]

@Mik said in Fetterman's growing on me:

Possibly. But I have a sneaking suspicion that the [prevailing belief in Washington is that we will need these people to keep the economy growing and our social programs in place. That would explain why we've done essentially nothing about it for decades.

And they are right, to a degree as well. We still need to maintain large scale immigration. The numbers need to be brought down a good bit, and we need to have better security and paths to citizenship while respecting the security of our borders.

[kluurs]

@LuFins-Dad said in Fetterman's growing on me:

@Mik said in Fetterman's growing on me:

Possibly. But I have a sneaking suspicion that the [prevailing belief in Washington is that we will need these people to keep the economy growing and our social programs in place. That would explain why we've done essentially nothing about it for decades.

And they are right, to a degree as well. We still need to maintain large scale immigration. The numbers need to be brought down a good bit, and we need to have better security and paths to citizenship while respecting the security of our borders.

We could start by offering immediate citizenship to the staff and families of Taiwan-based TSMC - heck, pay relocation expenses.

[LuFins Dad]

That would be way too smart.

[Mik]

It would be smarter and cheaper to just move the population and its key resources here than to go to war over it.

[George K]

Not sure if it's legal, but...

[Copper]

Why take the land back?

It’s not going anywhere.

[George K]

[Jolly]

The stock bill has a lot of cosponsors. It's good legislation and needs to be passed.

[Mik]

It does indeed. Way, way too much temptation.

Should we really look at it, I wonder how many examples we would see on Congresscritters who 'got lucky' om office.

[Jolly]

The Pelosi Effect.

[George K]

[taiwan_girl]

@Mik said in Fetterman's growing on me:

It would be smarter and cheaper to just move the population and its key resources here than to go to war over it.

LOL

[George K]

Who is this man?

Watch to the end when he talks about genocide, and references South Africa.

[George K]

[Mik]

Seems like a no-brainer to me.

Fetterman gets a gold bar star from me.

[George K]

@Mik said in Fetterman's growing on me:

Seems like a no-brainer to me.

Fetterman gets a gold bar star from me.

The surprising thing is that he's saying out loud. He's forcing Schumer's hand.

[Doctor Phibes]

I wonder if his health issues made him decide to speak up about what he really believes? A major scare can push people to re-evaluate their lives.

[Horace]

It would be disappointing if it turns out that it was always this easy to sound sane as a politician.